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Cowboys snag former Giants TE coach Mike Pope

New York Giants practice during training camp 2013

New York Giants cornerback Terrell Thomas (24) with tightends coach Mike Pope at the New York Giants practice facility as the Giants practice during training camp 2013 in East Rutherford, NJ 8/6/13 (William Perlman/The Star-Ledger)
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DENVER -- The man Tom Coughlin lauded as the world's best tight ends coach will now be competing against the Giants in the NFC East.

Dallas has hired Mike Pope, as first noted by Fox Sports 1. Pope has a rapport with Dallas head coach Jason Garrett, who was a backup quarterback for the Giants from 2000-03.

Pope has been with the franchise for more than 20 years and is the only coach to own all four of the team's championship rings. He oversaw an impressive string of Giants tight ends, including Jeremy Shockey, Kevin Boss, Jake Ballard and Martellus Bennett, many of whom took to Twitter in the wake of Pope's firing to support their former coach.

He now moves south, where he will get control of the versatile Jason Witten and Gavin Escobar, a young tight end with high upside.

Pope was let go by the Giants a day after the hiring of offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo, a former tight ends coach himself. He started with the team back in 1983.